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TELLER, Edward plaque at George Washington Univ in Washington, D.C.
Address: 725 21st St NWCorcoran Hall Nearest Metro: Foggy Bottom-GWU (Orange - Blue)
(dcMem ID #1388)
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Edward Teller Professor of Physics 1935 to 1945
This plaque commemorates the seminal research of the renowned Dr. Edward Teller during his tenure at The George Washington University.
By agreement with GW Professor George Gamow, President Cloyd Heck Marvin invited the Hungarian-born Teller to join the Physics Dept in 1935. During the next six years, while enthusiastically teaching the new quantum theory & before taking a leave of absence for the war effort, Teller lent his wide knowledge & clear thinking to a series of pioneering works in physical chemistry, nuclear physics, & astrophysics. His subjects included absorption of molecules on surfaces, shapes of molecular bonds, radioactive decay by spin flig, sructure of newtron stars, formation of nebulae, & energy production in red giants.
Teller received the Enrico Fermi Award from Pres. John F. Kennedy & the National Medal of Science from Pres. Ronald Reagan for his outstanding contribution to molecular physics, to the understanding of the origin of stellar energy, to the theory & application of fusion reactions, to the field of nuclear safety, & for his continued leadership in science & technology.
His colleagues remember the precise, profound, & prodigious character of Professor Teller's mind.
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